CVE-2005-3107

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.155?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c
http://secunia.com/advisories/17141
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
http://secunia.com/advisories/21136
http://secunia.com/advisories/21983
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049

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